Sad news from Hollywood this morning as 80′s teen idol Corey Haim was reported dead of an overdose of drugs by the LAPD. The actor has had trouble with drugs in the past but this is the headline we expected in the early 90′s and not when the guy was closing in on the age of 40.

Corey Haim shot to fame in the 80s when he co-starred in a number of films, including “The Lost Boys,” with the other Corey, Corey Feldman.

The actor, who has struggled with drug addiction, was pronounced dead at Providence St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Burbank.

Police were called to the hospital just before 4 a.m. to investigate his death.

Police sources told CBS Haim’s death appeared accidental. Haim has been in and out of rehab and starred in a reality show with Feldman in 2007 called “The Two Coreys.”

He talked about his struggle with drugs – specificially prescription drugs.

“I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck. But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day – the doctors could not believe I was taking that much,” he told a reporter in 2007. (….continue reading….)